Sign-board.



A. B. WARFIELD.

SIGN BOARD.

APPLIOATION FILED APR. so, 1908.

Patented Aug. 10, 1909.

2 SH BETSSHBBT 2.

.1 NEYS ANDRKW a GRAHAM 00,. Mormumocmvums, WASHINGTON. n c.

AUGUSTUS B. WARFIELD, OF THE, UNITED STATES ARMY.

SIGN BOARD Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 10, 1909.

Application filed. April 30, 1908. Serial No. 430,191.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, AUeUsTns B. WAR- FIELI),21 citizen of the UnitedStates, Captain, 5th Field Artillery, United States Army, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Sign Boards, of which thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description, such as will enableothers skilled in the art to which it-appertains to make and use thesame.

This invention relates broadly to signboard constructions, but inasmuchas certain advantages characteristic of the invention prominently appearin its embodiment in a sign-board adapted to be collapsed and storedaway and whenin use adjusted into stable position, it will be conduciveto clearness to describe it in such relation.

In general, my object is to provide a signboard of the nature disclosedwhich from a utilitarian, standpoint will be possessed of a high degreeof efficiency and good wearing qualities, and which,"strueturallyconsidered, would be of the greatest possible simplicity, being composedof but few parts, all adapted to be made at a minimum of cost, andindividually so formed as to be capable of being manufactured in largequantities of a uni form size and quality.

Other objects will be in part obvious from the annexed drawings and inpart pointed out hereinafter.

With this and other ends in view this invention accordingly consists'inthe features of construction, combination of parts, and arrangement ofelements which will be exemplified in the embodiment hereinafterdescribed, and the scope of the application of which will be indicatedin the following claims.

In order that this invention may be more fully understood and madecomprehensible to others skilled in its relating arts, drawingsillustrating a convenient manner of carrying out the same are appendedas part of this disclosure, and, while the controlling principles of theinvention may be otherwise employed by modifications obviously deduciblefrom the disclosure and falling within the intended scope of the claims,the herein shown embodiment is that which will ordinarily be employed inpractice.

In such drawings like characters of reference denote corresponding partsthrough- 5 out all the views of which,

Figure lis a front elevation of a board constructed in accordance withmy invention. Fig. 2 is a side elevation showing a board as positionedin use. Fig. 3 is a detailed elevation showing the manner in which theupper section of one wing of the board is secured to the lower sectionthereof. Fig. 4 is a detailed view showing the preferable mode ofhanging the rear flap to the front sign-board. Fig. 5 is a section takenthrough line 55 of Fig. l showing character of the channel iron formingthe side membersof the board. Fig. 6 is a detailed view showing themanner of mounting the members or connections which maintain the frontand rear sloping wings of the board against swinging or assuming otherthan the desired angular relation.

Continuing now by the way of a more detailed description,1naking suchoccasional reference to the accompanying drawings as may promote a morecomplete disclosure, it may be stated that my board comprises in themain a front member A, which provides a suitable surface for displayingthe matter to be advertised, and a rear or opposite sec tion B which ishinged to the aforesaid section A at its contiguous upper end and whichmay also provide a displaying load. Preferably the auxiliary riser boardwill extend upwardly from the apex formed by the jointure of sections Aand B, in the manner illustrated by the drawings.

I :have so constructed and designed my sign-board as to make use ofbuilding materials of ordinary commerce, without necessitating any.involved designs or dificult constructions of special parts. Thus, Ihave employed a suitable form and shape of channel iron as a basis forthe skeleton frame work of my sign-board, and Where needed, have filledin open spaces with wooden panels of an inex oensive character. Thispaneling is held in p ace at its end by reason of fitting inthe channelbars at the sides of the sign-board, these channel bars formingseatinggrooves, so to speak. To prevent any edgewise slipping of theboards, I may also employ a number of small screws entering the edges ofthe boards through the holes 17 through the bottom of the channel 1rons.

In forming the ends of the section indicated by A, I have arranged inparallel relationship a pair of spaced channel irons l and 2. Thesechannel irons form the opposite sides or molds of the board and havetheir open grooves arranged face to face so that they may form a meansfor securely holding boards 3 in place. These channel irons may ifdesired, have a portion thereof at their feet turned outwardly asindicated by a and 5, so as to provide a more secure bearing surface.

To provide for bracing the two lower ends of the channel bars 1 and 2against separation or'approach, an iron brace 5 may be extended fromside to side and have its ends arranged to enter the channels of thechannel bars and be riveted thereto. In like manner, a similar brace Gis provided adjacent the upper ends of the side channel bars, thussecuring the sign-board, or section thereof, in place between the sidechannel bars.

To provide for a surmounting or auxiliary board, I have secured channelbar extensions 7 and 8 to the upper ends of the channel bars 1. and 2respectively. These extensions have riveted thereto the connecting links9 and 10, which links are in turn removably secured to the upper ends ofthe side channel bars 1 and 2, preferably by arranging the hinge-rod 13so as to pass through an aperture in each of said links, thus allow ingthe auxiliary board to be removed at will. Inasmuch as the auxiliarysign-board will preferably assume a substantially vertical positionwhile the two lower members will be arranged in slanting relation toform an A as it were, the connecting pieces 9 and 10 may be bent at anangle of approximately 20 degrees;

The rear or complementary section B is in the main constructed alonglines similar to those employed in forming the other sec tion A, but attheir upper ends they are provided with laterally extending wings 11 and12, which are preferably secured in place by rivets. These wings arealso provided near their extremities with suitable apertures adapted toaccommodate the hinge rod 13 which extends across the upper ends, asshown by Fig. 1. It will be observed that'this arrangement enables thetwo sec tions A and B to be swung together without cliflicult-y.

As means for connecting together and maintaining the desiredrelationship between the complementary sections A and B, I may make useof brace 14, which may be hinged at 15 to sectionB and may have adetachable connection 16, as indicated by Fig. 6-, with section A.

The various braces5f, 6, 14;, etc., above described will preferably beprovided with a hinge such as that indicated by 18 on Fig. 2, whichhinge may be arranged approxi mately midway the ends, so as to enablesuch braces to be folded and thus reduced in length for compactness inpacking.

It will thus be perceived that I have de;

vised a means well adapted to attain the various objects and ends ofthis invention, and that as a result a sign-board has been producedwhich is not only of an exceedingly simple construction, but onewhich-is well adapted for usage, such as those arising in connectionwith recruiting and other branches of the military service, as well asfor any use whatever where a sign-board is used for sidewalkadvertising. The board is capable of being taken to pieces and packed insmall places, and when assembled is not only neat in appearance, but isstrong and serviceable and it is particularly adapted for beingiminufactured at a small cost in very large quantities.

is many changes could be made in the above construction and manyapparently widely different embodiments of my inventien could be madewithout departing from the scope thereof, I intend that all n'iattercontained in the above description or shown in the accompanying drawingsshall be interpreted as illustrative and not in a limiting sense exceptas required by the scope of the appended claims.

Having described my invention what I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent, is:

1. A signboard of the nature disclosed comprising, in combination, apair of frames each having upright side members, means for hingingtogether the upper extremities of said frames, auxiliary supportingmeans removably secured to said hinging means and extending upwardlytherefrom, said supporting means comprising a pair of grooved membersspaced from one another, the grooved portions of said members beingarranged face to face to form a seat for a panel, and means formaintaining said frames in a predetermined angular relationship.

2. A signboard of the nature disclosed comprising in combination, aframe consisting of a pair of oppositely disposed channel bars arrangedface to face with respect to their grooved edges, one or more panels having their ends seated in the facing grooves of said channel bars to forma display board, collapsible cross braces between said side channel barsadapted to maintain the same in a rigid relationship, a short channelbar ren'iovably secured in angular relation to each of said side barsand extending upwardly from the extremity thereof, and means forsupporting the aforesaid parts.

3. A signboard of the nature disclosed comprising in combination, a pairof frames each comprising two opposite upright side members formed ofchannel bars, the grooved portions of said bars being arranged face toface to form a seat for an inserted panel, collapsible cross braees atthe uppe and lower ends of each frame, remov- .avmiiiaimummmuwiuuunwable means for hinging together the upper extremities of said frames,and spacing bars for maintaining said hinged frames in a predeterminedangular relationship.

4. A signboard of the nature disclosed comprising in combination, a pairof frames having upright side members formed of channel bars havingtheir grooved edges arranged face to face, the one frame having at itsupper extremity laterally extending hinge pieces, a removable hingemounted adjacent the upper end. of the other frame and pivoted at itsextremities to said hinge pieces, auxiliary board supporting meansremovably mounted upon said-hinge, and releasable spacing bars formaintaining said frames in a predetermined angular relationship.

5. A signboard of the nature disclosed comprising in combination, a pairof frames 20 means for hinging said frames together, and 2 side barsextending upwardly from one of said frames from said point of hinge,said side bars being removably secured at an 0btuse angle to said lastmentioned frame.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature, 30

in the presence of two Witnesses.

A. B. WARFIELD.

Witnesses:

G120. O. BEEBE, EMIL J AHELKA.

